Rectangular wooden dovetail footlocker with 2 trays inside; handles on the sides, metal hinges at the back of the lid, metal hinge device for securing padlock; overall 8 compartments inside.

Gallery Label:

This footlocker belonged to Col. William Henry Paine, who served as a surveyor in the Army during the Civil War. Paine was responsible for devising systems and tools to better facilitate the surveyor's tasks, including patenting a coiled steel tape measure.

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Gift of the Estate of Isidore L. Rosenzweig, in Memory of Bessie and Isidore L. Rosenzweig, 1978

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